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Interim profile, incomplete information Taxonomic name: Oxalis latifolia Kunth Synonyms: Ionoxalis martiana (Zucc.) Small, Ionoxalis vallicola Rose , Oxalis martiana Zucc., Oxalis vallicola (Rose) R. Knuth Common names: acedera (Spanish), acederilla (Spanish), azedinha-de-folhas-roxas (Portuguese), broadleaf woodsorrel, broad-leaf wood-sorrel, fishtail oxalis, garden pink-sorrel, oseille (French), pink shamrock, purple-flowered oxalis, shamrock, trebol (Spanish), trebol de huerta (Spanish), trebol de jardin (Spanish), trebol falso (Spanish), trèfle (French) Organism type: herb Oxalis latifolia is a perennial herb native to North, Central and South America. It mainly reproduces vegetatively, via bulbils and bulbs, and commonly grows in gardens, cultivated areas, orchards, crop fields and nurseries. O. latifolia is now found worldwide and is known to be invasive in the following areas: Australia, Galapagos Islands, Indonesia, Kermadec Islands, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Despite its native status, it is also considered to be a weed in Guadeloupe, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States. Occurs in: agricultural areas, coastland, range/grasslands, ruderal/disturbed, urban areas, water courses, wetlands Geographical range Native range: Northern America: United States, Canada, Northern Mexico (Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Central Mexico (Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz); Southern America: Mesoamerica (Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama), Caribbean (Cuba; Dominican Republic; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Martinique; Puerto Rico), Northern South America: Venezuela, Brazil: (Federal District, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo); Western South America (Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru). (USDA-ARS 2010) Known introduced range: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Europe, Southeastern Brazil, Africa, Asia, Macronesia, Mascarenes, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, Melanesia, Polynesia, Kermadec Islands, Galapagos Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Bermuda, Finland, England, Denmark, Canary Islands, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Spain, Portugal, Japan. (Bermuda Natural History Museum undated; GCW 2007; PIER 2007; USDA-ARS 2010) Compiled by: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) with support from the Overseas Territories Environmental Programme (OTEP) project XOT603, a joint project with the Cayman Islands Government - Department of Environment To contribute information, please contact Shyama Pagad. Last Modified: Tuesday, 8 June 2010